James Bond must get a code-breaking machine from Tatiana, a beautiful Russian spy. She says she is in love with him, and only wants to follow him to London. Bond is happy to go with her on a romantic train journey across Europe on the Orient Express.

However, Tatiana is hiding something: she is working for SMERSH, the most feared organization in Russia. Even she does not know the danger Bond faces as he is followed across Europe by Russia's most cold-hearted killer.

Ian Fleming was a journalist who worked for British Intelligence during World War Two. After this he began to write his extremely popular James Bond spy stories. Another exciting James Bond adventure, You Only Live Twice, is also available as an Oxford Progressive English Reader.

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